Labor Day Weekend Citizen Action of Wisconsin Driftless Co-op 1 Year Anniversary Meeting with video For those of you who were unable to join us on Saturday for our virtual meeting on Saturday celebrating Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s one year anniversary of organizing in the Driftless region please take the time to watch a recording of the meeting. We were…
We discuss the electoral politics of the Kenosha controversy and the push for meaningful action against structural racism with our regular panel and special guests Supreme Moore Omokunde and State Rep. David Bowen. How are the events of the last two weeks playing in the presidential election? Will they finally prompt action by the Legislature? We take a deep dive…
Trump, amid horrendous disasters, accepted his renomination at the White House, shredding the line between “governing and politicking” (Washington Post). In keeping with Trump’s attempt to downplay COVID-19, there was no social distancing and few attendees wore masks. Earlier, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow referred to COVID-19 and the pandemic depression in the past tense. But no sleight of…
Friday, August 28th Citizen Action of Wisconsin Statement on the Racist Police Shooting of Jacob Blake Citizen Action of Wisconsin stands in solidarity with the family and friends of Jacob Blake, tens of thousands of protesters across the country fighting for racial justice and every person who loves humanity, in demanding that the officers involved in his shooting be brought…
For Immediate Release: August 27, 2020 Contact: Robert Kraig, (414) 322-5324, [email protected] Milwaukee: Citizen Action of Wisconsin Executive Director Robert Kraig released the following statement on the arrest of the white supremacist militia member who murdered two Black Lives Matter protesters and injured a third in Kenosha, and law enforcement’s apparent lax response to him before and after he shot…
For Immediate Release: August 24, 2020 Contact: Robert Kraig, (414) 322-5324, [email protected] Milwaukee: Citizen Action of Wisconsin stands in solidarity with the family and friends of Jacob Blake, tens of thousands of protesters across the country fighting for racial justice and every person who loves humanity, in demanding that the officers involved in his shooting be brought to justice and…
Citizen Action member tells her healthcare story at Democratic National Convention Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention Wisconsin’s Julie Harling Buckholt told a national prime time audience her powerful healthcare story and how the ACA saved her life. We have an immoral profit crazed healthcare system in this county and it was worse before the ACA. If you have…
We discuss this week’s all digital DNC Convention – what worked and what didn’t? We break news about a legal effort by Legislative Republicans to remove Attorney General Josh Kaul from an important voting rights lawsuit involving Citizen Action. Again the Republican Legislature thinks it is the only true governing body in Wisconsin! Next we discuss the importance of the…
From the Wisconsin Election Commission FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 20, 2020 Contact: [email protected] or 608-267-7887 MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters and election officials have plans in place for the Presidential Election on November 3, 2020. “We want to make sure every voter who is eligible to vote this fall can do so safely and securely,” said Meagan Wolfe, administrator for…
Both Trump and Wisconsin GOP Senator Ron Johnson are political distractors. Trump speculates about blowing up the U.S. Postal Service (rural Wisconsin’s lifeline), delaying the presidential election and suggesting he become president for “life”. Similarly, Johnson, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, wants to hold committee hearings to peddle false conspiracy theories: “I’m (Johnson) here to report today that,…
